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Owner Joe Micele claims, “Adding to the financial problems has been the final straw of [California’s] minimum wage increases to $9 in 2014 and $10 this year. Other wage hikes…

“P.J. Clarke’s…estimates that [New York’s minimum] wage hikes will cost it $200,000 per restaurant and that its prices will go up nearly 4 percent next year. At one of its…

“Child-care assistant Eunice Medina, 23, was thrilled when Oakland’s minimum wage took effect in March. But almost as quickly, Medina’s workdays were cut and her hours shaved from eight to…

“The 215-room Clarion Hotel closed its full-service restaurant in December, laying off 15 people, said general manager Perry Wall. The hotel also let go a night desk clerk and maintenance…

[Owner Tam Nguyen] adds the new minimum-wage law prevents any future growth due to the increased costs of doing business. Being streamlined means cutting the number of employees from over 50…

This family-run business that contracts to make clothing for a company in San Francisco had to slash staff after Oakland’s minimum wage increased. It used to be the owner and her…